Bellum & Artes : Central Europe in the Thirty Years' War / Claudia Brink, Susanne Jaeger, Marius Winzeler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brink, Claudia, editor.

Jaeger, Susanne, editor.

Winzeler, Marius, editor.

Schuckelt, Geraldine, translator.

Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa, publisher.

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, publisher.

Národní galerie v Praze, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648--Art and the war.

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.

Art, European.

Themes, motives.

Europe--History--1517-1648.

Europe.

History.

Art, European--17th century--Themes, motives.

War in art.

Art, European--Themes, motives.

Genre:

Art.

History.

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

544 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Edition:

1. Auflage.

Other Title:

Bellum et artes

Central Europe in the Thirty Years' War

Place of Publication:

Dresden : Sandstein Verlag, [2021]

Summary:

The Thirty Years' War is one of the great traumas of European history. Yet even in this time of crisis--when starvation, death and disease brought immense suffering and economic hardship--art production did not come to a standstill. Works of art continued to serve as representations of power, to be exchanged as diplomatic gifts, to document military actions, and to urge peace. As coveted items of booty, they often changed hands multiple times. Forty-two authors from eight countries elucidate the historical, religious-historical and cultural-historical aspects of the Thirty Years' War from a wide range of perspectives. This volume of essays is a mirror of European diversity. It emphasises the importance of our shared cultural heritage and draws parallels with present-day issues.

Contents:

Introduction / Claudia Brink, Susanne Jaeger, Marius Winzeler

Artes ante bellum : the arts before the Thirty Years' War in Central Europe and beyond / Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann

On the confessional history of Central Europe : the emergence of modern confessional churches / Heinz Schilling

The Thirty Years' War as a European conflict with global implications / Matthias Pfaffenbichler

The Thirty Years' War as a construction site for peace / Johannes Burkhardt

Battles and depictions of battles / Olivier Chaline

The horrors of war in seventeenth-century art and literature / Christoph Orth

Between Mars and the Muses : artistic self-assertion in times of war / Claudia Brink

Places & regions

Protagonists & their artistic representations

Artists in times of war

Works of art. Their role. Their itenaries

Outlook

Appendix.

Notes:

"Published by the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO), The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and The National Gallery Prague"

Includes bibliographical references (pages 504-528) and index.

Local Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Residenzschloss, July 8 - October 4, 2021.

ISBN:

9783954986125

3954986124

OCLC:

1281188255